yet another post on chances

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>sorry i know you've seen a trazillion of these but any feedback for my friend would be very apreciated. she's like the typical nerdy asian :p</p>

<p>Stats:
SAT I: 800 math 720 critical reading 740 writing
SAT II: 800 Math IIC 760 Biology 760 Chemistry 750 U.S. History
GPA, Class Rank/Size: 4.0 unweighted, 4.5 weighted. hardest coursework/ very competitive school [which she's worried about because everyone gets really good grades] Non ranking school
APs / other stats: Calculus BC, Chemistry, Biology, AP Computer Sciece, AP US History, Ap Statistics five 5's one 4</p>

<p>Major awards/ECs:
Cellist, principal of school orchestra for 3 years
winner of local, 2nd at a state competition
Member of SAN FRANCISCO YOUTH SYMPHONY for one year
AP Scholar with Distinction
National Merit Semifinalist
National award (3rd place) essay
vice president of Speech & Debate
secretary of national spanish honor society
member NHS
member CSF
member Key club
member DECA
small position in school newspaper (2 years)
Qualified for AIME many times
Qualified for USAMO!
various smaller math/science awards
regional DECA awards
volunteers at tutoring center</p>

<p>Personal:
Location (State or Country): California
Ethnicity & Gender: Korean girl
Major strength: Math, cello. and she's really smart so her teachers all love her.
Major weakness: her school is super-overachieving and her stats are far from unheard of there. also she aims high (ivys, stanford, etc) and wants to major in Pre-Med. not URM, no legacy, etc.</p>

<p>wow thank you for reading that! i nkow she will appreciate any advice.</p>

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<p>10% chance at HYPSM. Over-represented state, over-represented ethnicity, average stats (at those schools). She's in the pool with 20,000 other applicants. Go for it, but find some match/safety schools as well.</p>

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<p>she got a 4.5 with only 6 AP's....that means she only took a total of 12 courses by the end of her junior year.</p>

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<p>12/3 = 4 courses a year?</p>

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<p>thanks for the feedback!
i don't get the 12 classes thing. the GPA is university GPA and i think she had honor classes too</p>

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<p>But honors classes usually don't give you a boosted GPA. The only way to get a 4.5 is to take the same number of AP courses as regular courses</p>

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<p>Honors gives us weighted, but only like .047 of a point per class. AP is double that.</p>

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<p>honors in our district is weighted 5.0</p>

<p>so what could she have done that would've helped? what can she still do.</p>

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<p>The only things that can distinguish her are the essays and recommendations</p>

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<p>Um... qualifying for the USAMO counts for a lot... (and being a girl qualifier is incredibly rare.) This basically puts her easiliy with the top 30 or so girls at math in the nation, and that's something top colleges look for. I give her 50% chances.</p>